Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to receive from a portable communication device (PCD) identification information and a request for multicast media content supplied by an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network, detect that the PCD is authorized to receive the requested media content according to the identification information, transmit to the PCD one or more decryption keys responsive to said detection, determine from the identification information a media presentation format used by the PCD, instruct an acquisition server (A-server) of the IPTV network to transcode the requested media content according to the media presentation format upon receiving the requested media content on a multicast channel, receive from the A-server the transcoded media content, encrypt the transcoded media content, and transmit the encrypted and transcoded media content to the PCD over a unicast channel. Other embodiments are disclosed.